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13 -Beenom -Absarokee association <br />Rangeland <br />Beenom <br />Sail-related factors: shallow depth to bedrock, low available water capacity, shallow rooting depth • <br />potential <br />Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community: western wheatgrass, bluebunch <br />wheatgrass, prairie junegrass, bluegrasses, needleandthread, Idaho fescue, big sagebrush <br />Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 700 to 1,400 pounds per acre <br />Absarokee . <br />Soil-related factors: moderately slow permeability <br />Dominant vegetation in the potential plant community: Gambel oak, serviceberry, mountain <br />brome, elk sedge, wheatgrasses, needlegrasses, snowberry <br />Annual production of air-dry vegetation: 1,500 to 3,000 pounds per acre <br />Management considerations: <br />Proper grazing use helps to maintain the quality and quantity of preferred rangeland vegetation. <br />Brush management improves deteriorated areas of range that are producing more woody shrubs <br />than were present in the potential plant community. <br />Range seeding may be needed if the proportion of the preferred forage plants has decreased. • <br />Woody shrubs may hinder range seeding efforts. <br />INTERPRETIVE GROUPS <br />land capability classification: Vlle <br />Beenom <br />Range site: Rocky Loam <br />Plant Association: Aaroovron mi hii Aoroovron soicatum-Koleria cris a a <br />Absarokee <br />Range site: Brushy Loam <br />Plant Association: Quercus ambelii Amelanchier alnifolia-Bromus mollis <br />• <br />Soils Description Report -West EIk Mine <br />December 1994 WESTEC 6 <br />